Today's men's and men's junior Skeet finals concluded the 2015 ISSF Shotgun World Championship conducted in Lonato, Italy, from the 10th through the 17th of September.
The medals standings:
The host country, Italy, finished atop of the overall medal standings, with 4 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals (including individual, teams, senior and junior medals). The Russian Federation followed in second place with 11 medals (4 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze), while the United States of America took the third place - thanks to today's gold won by Vincent Hancock at the men's skeet final - with a total of 12 medals (4 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze).
Rio 2016 Quota places:
10 Rio 2016 Olympic quota places were assigned by the ISSF during the Championship, and were won by the following athletes for their countries.
Event
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Name
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Nat
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Trap Men
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MOTTET Maxime
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BEL
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ALMUDHAF Khaled
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KUW
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Double Trap Men
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KNEALE Tim
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GBR
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ALAFASI Ahmad
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KUW
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Skeet Men
|
KHAN Mairaj Ahmad
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IND
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BUCHHEIM Ralf
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GER
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Trap Women
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TKACH Elena
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RUS
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PAK Yong Hui
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PRK
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Skeet Women
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JAHODOVA Libuse
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CZE
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ELEFTHERIOU Andri
|
CYP
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Records broken / equalled:
Three world records were equalled during the championship, and a new record was established.
France's Anthony Terras equalled the 125-hit world record at today's skeet men competition, while Finland's Eetu Kallioinen equalled the men's junior skeet record of 124 hits.
Earlier this week the US Skeet Women team had equalled the 215-hit world record, and the US Junior Skeet Women team had established a new world record of 206 hits, shuttering the previous 204-hit record.